Tornado strikes Putnam and Morgan Counties in west central Indiana

A powerful tornado struck western central Indiana in the afternoon.  Slow moving and concentrated in a narrow ten mile swathe across the counties of Putnam and Morgan, the storm destroyed farm houses and killed livestock.  No human deaths were reported but several people were seriously injured.  (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860), 502. 
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    Crime/Disasters
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